New Trump doctrine identifies ‘weak’ Europe’s problem: not enough racism
A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945Trump lambasts ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ EuropeDuring Donald Trump’s first administration, commentators sagely advised that his words, were to be “taken seriously, not...
<p>A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/trump-hints-walking-away-ukraine-calls-europe-weak-decaying">Trump lambasts ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ Europe</a></p></li></ul><p>During Donald Trump’s first administration, commentators sagely advised that his words, were to be “taken seriously, not literally”. Experience suggests that formula puts the cart before the horse.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/civilisational-erasure-us-strategy-document-appears-to-echo-far-right-conspiracy-theories-about-europe">new US National Security Strategy</a> and a series of comments from US officials, presidential proxies and Trump himself, have culminated in what could be one of the most profound crises for Atlanticism, the security doctrine that has sustained peace and democracy in Europe since the end of the second world war.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/trump-europe-national-security-strategy">Continue reading...</a>
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